Tag: adventure

I know, I know. I am trips behind in blogging. Such is the way of the writing life when there is just too much living happening. And I’m ok with that. But before I lose the pictures, and more accurately the memories, I want to share about our trip to Buenos Aires for Thanksgiving of 2017. It was our first intercontinental, international South America adventure. Such easy and quick access to another country was surreal and awed us again with this blessed life we are living. For the most part, we ate and drank our way through town–as is our Read More

Tonight was a miracle. Dave and I sat on the world famous Ipanema beach, eating acai with granola and bananas. In every echo of our ears, there were the accented voices of vendors: Aguuuuuuuua, cervejjjjjjjja. Queijo, queijo, queijjjjjjo coalho. Limonada, mate, Globoooooos. O cammmmmmmarão. Hola Heineken. Longe neckeeeees. Later, we met up with colleagues from Caminhoes Language School to play volleyball. There we were, covered in sol and sand, while the setting sun painted streaks of magenta stripes across the sky, a sly hide-and-go-seek with Pedra da Gávea, ocean rippling lava and light. In the north sky, lightning danced the illuminated Read More

The middle of November brought a three-day weekend due to the Brazilian holiday of Dia da Consciência Negra. So, naturally, this little adventure-seeking-couple headed to the beach! After less than three hours in the car, we arrived at the coastal town of Guarujá. It is a long stretch of beach dotted with colorful umbrellas, open-air restaurants, and hotels. We stayed in one of those where we could literally walk out the front door, across the street, and onto the beach. Perfect location! Friday night, we headed to a delicious Thai restaurant. So much so we Read More

October 12 in Brazil was a holiday, Nossa Senhora Aparecida, resulting in a four day weekend. Seeing as we live in South America (that still feels cool to type), a trip to the coast was in order! So Dave and I planned our first Brazilian road trip! Our destination was Ilhabela, a small island reachable by ferry from the coastal city of São Sebastião. We left São Paulo bright and early on Thursday in an attempt to beat the massive migration from the city to the beaches that occurs every holiday weekend (think I-70 in ski traffic). Armed with breakfast from our Read More